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Thursday, 23 August 2012

Tom Onslow - Cole takes on a new Challenge...

...And it's not what you might have thought it would be. One half of the Wheeler Dealers team joins up with Tom Onslow-Cole to transform, of all things, a Milk Float, into a racing car. And you get no prizes for guessing where they found that!

eBay Motors launches its Mechanics Challenge at Snetterton with British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) star Tom Onslow-Cole and TV motoring expert Edd China to highlight the wealth of automotive parts on the site.

What on earth are we going to do with this?

eBay
Motors challenges Tom and Edd to turn a milk float into a race car
using parts and accessories from eBay Motors, the UK’s leading online
automotive marketplace with more than 18 million listings and 250,000
cars and motorcycles for sale.

During
the next month Edd will work with the eBay Motors BTCC team engineers
in a challenge that will showcase their skills as top mechanics and the
huge range of parts and accessories available on eBay Motors. The
activity culminates in September with Tom behind the wheel in an
exciting final test.

BTCC
fans and motoring enthusiasts will vote on the parts and accessories
from eBay Motors that will be used to transform the milk float into a
race car. The finished car will be on display for fans at the final BTCC
round at Silverstone on the 7th October 2012.

Edd China, eBay Motors blogger and host of Wheeler Dealers,
commented: “This is a really tough challenge, but I am very excited to
be working with Tom and the guys from the eBay Motors BTCC team to build
this vehicle. The range of items available from eBay Motors will make
our job a lot easier, and we look forward to getting started on the
developments.”

Tom
Onslow-Cole, eBay Motors team driver, added: “I have never been
involved in anything like this before and can’t wait to get started.
Having driven the milk float around Snetterton it is clear that we have a
massive amount of work on our hands. We have got some great engineers
working on the car and I am eager to see what is in store for the final
challenge.”

This probably goes a bit slower than Tom's BMW.
The optional Edd attachment is likely to add a bit of drag too!

This
is eBay’s third season involved in the 2012 Dunlop MSA British Touring
Car Championship (BTCC), although the first as title sponsor of the
team. Rob Collard, Nick Foster and Tom Onslow-Cole are the three drivers
in 2012, and the team is currently lying in first place in this
season’s Independent Team Championship.We caught up with Tom earlier in the year... Here's what he had to say